The study is important to accurately measure the current impact of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster on wildlife. Nearly four ...

The April 26, 1986 explosion of the Number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is often considered to be the worst ...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster led to the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human ...

When you think of Chernobyl (or Chornobyl, now), you think of the nuclear accident, of course. But have you ever considered that where there is a nuclear reactor, there is a computer control system?

Some of the country's wartime environmental catastrophes, scientists say, can be turned into long-term ecological gains.

The frogs residing in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone appear remarkably unaffected by radiation when it comes to their age and ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These ...

Humans may be unable to return to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for 20,000 years because of the radiation.

The next phase of the project has begun to study which parts of the shelter built rapidly around Chernobyl's unit 4 after the 1986 accident need immediate dismantling and which bits need stabilisation ...

TASS/. Europe would have faced the recurrence of the Chernobyl disaster if Ukrainian troops seized the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, Yulia Zhdanova, acting head of the Russian delegation to the ...

Humans may be unable to return to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for 20,000 years because radiation exposure can lead to cancer. So a team of international researchers wondered how ...